Drivers are performing a U-turn on a Glenrothes shopping complex because of “vicious” speed bumps, it has been claimed.
A petition with almost 400 signatures will be presented to town councillors on Wednesday calling for the removal of the humps from Glamis Avenue in Pitteuchar.
The measures were put in place following recent resurfacing work, with local councillor Ross Vettraino saying residents had been concerned at the severity of cushions.
Elizabeth Hepburn, who lives in nearby Dunbeath Drive, started circulating a petition at the Glamis Centre shopping complex calling for the removal of the ramps.
While she expected some interest, Mrs Hepburn was stunned to accumulate hundreds of signatures supporting her call.
“I was speaking about the speed bumps in the butcher shop and they suggested starting a petition,” she told The Courier.
“They said they would be happy to hang it up and other shops in the centre posted it as well.
“I thought that if I got 50-100 signatures then that would be good but in the end I got 395.”
The speed ramps were installed to slow down traffic on the residential road, which runs next to Pitteuchar East Primary School and the Marigold Nursery, as well as the Glamis Centre.
While acknowledging why the measures were installed, Mrs Hepburn believes there is no justification for the scale and severity of the humps and says local businesses could be affected.
“The Glamis Centre are our local shops,” she said. “We need to support them but people are going to the town centre instead.
“We all care about the safety of the children but something has to be done about these speed bumps.
“I’ve lived here for 40 years and had three children went to nursery here.
“There has never been an accident I know of in that time.”
Mr Vettraino has already been instrumental in having one set of speed humps removed from Glamis Avenue and has also heard residents have been avoiding the Glamis Centre because of the measures.
“I’ve had more than one person come up to me and say they had stopped using the Glamis Centre because of the speed humps,” he said.
“When the council resurfaced Glamis Avenue they did a wonderful job and in the process the speed humps were removed.
“The ones put in afterwards have an obvious physical impact on the cars which go over them and residents contacted me were using terms like ‘vicious’ and ‘aggressive’ to describe them.
“I’ve helped Elizabeth to get the matter on Wednesday’s agenda and we will see what happens after that.”